Year In Sports 2017

Think its safe to say that 2017 was an interesting year in Sports. There were some ugly moments, like the Charles Oakley incident at MSG, or the President's tweets about the NFL. We also had some great moments, like the what the Astros did for the city of Houston. Below is every major championship that was won during the year 2017!

Football:
2017 College Football Playoff National Championship: Clemson defeated Alabama 35–31
Super Bowl LI: New England Patriots beat Atlanta Falcons 34–28 in overtime

Baseball:
World Baseball Clasic: United States beat Puerto Rico 8–0 (first WBC title for US)
College World Series: Florida defeated LSU 2 games to 0
World Series: Houston Astros beat Los Angeles Dodgers 4 games to 3

Basketball
Men's Basketball: North Carolina beat Gonzaga 71-65
Women's Basketball: South Carolina defeated Mississippi State 67–55
NBA Finals: Golden State beat Cleveland 4 games to 1

Golf
Masters: Sergio García
US Open: Brooks Koepka
Open Championship: Jordan Spieth
PGA Championship: Justin Thomas

Hockey
Men's National Champions: Denver beat Minnesota Duluth 3-2
Women's National Champions: Clarkson beat Wisconsin 3-0
Stanley Cup Finals: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 4 games to 2

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Martin Truex Jr.
Daytona 500: Kurt Busch
Coca-Cola 600: Austin Dillon
Brickyard 400: Kasey Kahne

Tennis
Australian Open: Roger Federer, Serena Williams
French Open: Rafael Nadal, Jeļena Ostapenko
Wimbledon: Roger Federer, Garbiñe Muguruza
US Open: Rafael Nadal, Sloane Stephens

In Memoriam:
-Roy Halladay
-Jake Lamotta
-Y.A. Tittle
-Yordano Ventura
-Aaron Hernandez
-Terry Glenn
-Charles Shackleford
-Dan Rooney
-Jim Bunning
-Milt Schmidt
-Mike Ilitch
-Dallas Green
-Luis Olmo
-Jack McCloskey
-Gene Michael
-Lee May
-Ara Parseghian
-Darren Daulton
-Don Baylor
-Jerry Krause
-Bobby Doerr
-Cortez Kennedy
-Connie Hawkins

That was the year in sports for 2017! Here's to what the sports world has to bring us in 2018!